my truck stalled out at the stop light, it didnt give me any warning at all. it was a smooth stall and did not even fight to stay started. i pushed it over into a parking lot and tried to start it up and it didnt start. it was turning over but just didnt fire up. had to take it to the mechanic because i couldnt find out what was wrong. any ideas?

 

no gas? stopped up fuel filter? i dont know.

 

Sounds like a typical case of the notorious IAC (idle air controller) gone bad. They tend to freeze up and stick way more often than they should!

Look at the back side of your throttle body... you'll see the IAC held on by 2 torx bolts. It takes about 5 minutes to replace one, but be sure to reset your computer and give the new one a day or two to get adjusted.

 

Hey 95... I replaced mine but didnt reset the computer is that just d/c the batt and reconnect?

 

Yeah, just unplug the battery for at least 20 minutes.

Its not necessary, but the computer will learn the new controller faster if you clear out the memory.

Any time you put in a new sensor (or controller, since the idle air controller is not technically a sensor), you should reset the computer, and then drive the truck for 20 minutes on the highway to give the computer a chance to relearn the truck and enviornment you drive in.

 

ended up melting one of the spark plug wires, it was laying on the exhaust manifold, dont know how i couldnt see that

 

Huh... thats odd. The engine can still run on 7 cylinders. Unless the wire you melted was actually the coil wire.

 

it was

 

Well that explains that!! Glad you got it fixed!